Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

The government of Argentina, functioning within the framework of a federal system, is a presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Argentina is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President. Legislative power is vested in both the...

The politics of Chile takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binominalism. Executive power...

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin is a Russian rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz trucks in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011, becoming the most successful single category pilot in the history of the tournament earning him the nickname "The Tsar of Dakar". he holds...

KAMAZ is a Russian truck manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. KAMAZ opened their doors in 1976...

, thus becoming the most successful driver in a single category in the history of the event. Nasser Al-Attiyah

Nasser Al-Attiyah

Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011...

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

Marc Coma i Camps is a rally racing motorcycle rider. He won the Dakar Rally in 2006, 2009 and 2011 riding a KTM motorcycle. He is also the World Champion in the Rallies Cross Country Motorcycles Tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007.- Honours :- External links :*...

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won his third Dakar in the motorcycle category, and Alejandro Patronelli of Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

Entrants

A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...

An all-terrain vehicle , also known as a quad, quad bike, three wheeler, or four wheeler, is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control...

The Obelisk of Buenos Aires is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República, in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was built to commemorate the fourth centenary of the first foundation of the city.In order to enrich the...

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

The route

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in downtown Buenos Aires. The total racing distance was 9618 kilometres (5,976.4 mi) for cars, 9605 kilometres (5,968.3 mi) for bikes and quads and 9458 kilometres (5,876.9 mi) for trucks. Of these distances, 5020 kilometres (3,119.3 mi) was timed special stage

Special stage (rallying)

Special stages are the competitive sections of a stage rally event where the goal is to cover a stretch of closed road in the shortest time. On a special stage cars are set off individually at set intervals to reduce the chances of being impeded by other competitors. Each special stage is a...

for cars, with 5007 kilometres (3,111.2 mi) for bikes and quads and 4457 kilometres (2,769.5 mi) for trucks. Of the thirteen stages, six were in Argentina, five in Chile with two stages cross-country.

Stages

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

Victoria is a city in the southwest of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite Rosario, Santa Fe, to which it is connected since 2003 by the Rosario-Victoria Bridge .The site of a 1750 defeat of a native uprising and an 1810 oratory to...

Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

San Salvador de Jujuy , commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands....

Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region. Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just . The River Loa, Chile's longest, flows through the city...

Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...

Arica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther...

Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has a population of 296,905...

Chilecito is a city in the Argentine province of La Rioja, and head of the department of Chilecito.-Overview:It's located in the valley formed by the Sierras de Velazco to the east, and the Sierras de Famatina to the west. The city was founded in 1715 by Spanish colonizers...

San Juan is the capital city of the Argentine province of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the ....

164

102

622

386

786

488

12

14 January

San Juan

Córdoba

Bikes/Quads

123

76

555

345

678

421

Cars

Trucks

349

217

266

165

615

382

13

15 January

Córdoba

Buenos Aires

645

401

181

112

826

513

–

16 January

Finish in Buenos Aires

TOTALS

km

mi

km

mi

km

mi

Bikes & Quads

4,598

2,857

5007

3,111

9605

5,968

Cars

5020

3,119

9618

5,976

Trucks

5001

3,107

4457

2,769

9458

5,877

Results

Motorcycles

KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...

won the first two stages of the rally, to take an early lead of over two minutes on fellow KTM rider Marc Coma

Marc Coma

Marc Coma i Camps is a rally racing motorcycle rider. He won the Dakar Rally in 2006, 2009 and 2011 riding a KTM motorcycle. He is also the World Champion in the Rallies Cross Country Motorcycles Tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007.- Honours :- External links :*...

. Coma closed the gap to just fourteen seconds after his win on the third stage, and took the overall lead on stage four with his second stage win as Despres lost over ten minutes on the stage, dropping him to second in the standings. Coma maintained his lead overall until the end of the race, taking further stage wins in stages eight, ten and twelve en route to his third victory in the event. Despres, a three-time winner himself, won stage eleven but ended the rally fifteen minutes behind Coma in second place. Aprilia

Aprilia

Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle company, one of the seven marques owned by Piaggio, the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer.Aprilia started as a scooter manufacturer, but has more recently come to be known for its race-winning sportbikes...

Francisco "Chaleco" López is a Rally-Cross-Enduro motorcycle rider. He was a winner of one stage of the 2009 Dakar Rally, three stages of the 2010 Dakar Rally finishing third overall, and one stage in the 2011 Dakar Rally finishing fourth overall.López began riding motorcycles at 4 years of age...

moved into third position after the fourth stage, and having won the seventh stage, had been set to complete the podium behind Coma and Despres. However on the final stage, López Contardo suffered a mechanical failure 22 kilometres (13.7 mi) from the finish line and lost over an hour to his rivals. His misfortune allowed Hélder Rodrigues, riding a Yamaha

Yamaha Motor Company

, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

to take third place. López Contardo took fourth position, almost half an hour behind Rodrigues.

KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...

Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle company, one of the seven marques owned by Piaggio, the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer.Aprilia started as a scooter manufacturer, but has more recently come to be known for its race-winning sportbikes...

, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

2h 10' 20"

+ 06' 20"

3

Aprilia

12h 03' 24"

+ 20' 12"

5

1

BMW

5h 12' 23"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

16h 59' 33"

+ 00' 00"

2

Aprilia

5h 14' 41"

+ 02' 18"

2

KTM

17h 09' 47"

+ 10' 14"

3

BMW

5h 14' 42"

+ 02' 19"

3

Aprilia

17h 18' 05"

+ 18' 32"

6

1

Yamaha

5h 36' 17"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

22h 40' 20"

+ 00' 00"

2

KTM

5h 39' 21"

+ 03' 04"

2

KTM

22h 49' 08"

+ 08' 48"

3

KTM

5h 40' 47"

+ 04' 30"

3

Aprilia

23h 02' 32"

+ 22' 12"

7

1

Aprilia

3h 29' 45"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

26h 13' 50"

+ 00' 00"

2

KTM

3h 32' 06"

+ 02' 21"

2

KTM

26h 21' 14"

+ 07' 24"

3

KTM

3h 33' 30"

+ 03' 45"

3

Aprilia

26h 32' 17"

+ 18' 27"

8

1

KTM

6h 05' 02"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

32h 18' 52"

+ 00' 00"

2

KTM

6h 06' 57"

+ 01' 55"

2

KTM

32h 28' 11"

+ 09' 19"

3

Aprilia

6h 09' 23"

+ 04' 21"

3

Aprilia

32h 41' 40"

+ 22' 48"

9

1

Yamaha

3h 06' 56"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

35h 32' 56"

+ 00' 00"

2

BMW

3h 10' 34"

+ 03' 38"

2

KTM

35h 41' 10"

+ 08' 14"

3

Sherco

3h 10' 36"

+ 03' 40"

3

Aprilia

35h 56' 29"

+ 23' 33"

10

1

KTM

3h 06' 35"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

38h 39' 31"

+ 00' 00"

2

KTM

3h 16' 31"

+ 09' 56"

2

KTM

38h 57' 41"

+ 18' 10"

3

KTM

3h 19' 57"

+ 13' 22"

3

Aprilia

39h 24' 47"

+ 45' 16"

11

1

KTM

4h 33' 13"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

43h 14' 55"

+ 00' 00"

2

KTM

4h 35' 24"

+ 02' 11"

2

KTM

43h 30' 54"

+ 15' 59"

3

Aprilia

4h 39' 32"

+ 06' 19"

3

Aprilia

44h 04' 19"

+ 49' 24"

12

1

KTM

6h 42' 42"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

49h 57' 37"

+ 00' 00"

2

KTM

6h 43' 19"

+ 00' 37"

2

KTM

50h 14' 13"

+ 16' 36"

3

Yamaha

6h 50' 03"

+ 07' 21"

3

Aprilia

50h 57' 04"

+ 59' 27"

13

1

BMW

1h 25' 07"

+ 00' 00"

1

KTM

51h 25' 00"

+ 00' 00"

2

Yamaha

1h 25' 12"

+ 00' 05"

2

KTM

51h 40' 04"

+ 15' 04"

3

KTM

1h 25' 26"

+ 00' 19"

3

Yamaha

53h 05' 20"

+ 1h 40' 20"

All-terrain vehicle (Quad)

, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

Polaris Industries is a manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATV, and neighborhood electric vehicles. Polaris is based in Medina, Minnesota, USA. The company also manufactures motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary and through the Indian Motorcycle subsidiary which it purchased in April...

59h 58' 59"

+ 6h 30' 00"

12

1

Polaris

8h 30' 07"

+ 00' 00"

1

Yamaha

62h 07' 34"

+ 00' 00"

2

Yamaha

8h 30' 21"

+ 00' 14"

2

Yamaha

63h 05' 52"

+ 58' 18"

3

Yamaha

8h 32' 39"

+ 02' 32"

3

Polaris

68h 29' 06"

+ 6h 21' 32"

13

1

Yamaha

1h 35' 00"

+ 00' 00"

1

Yamaha

63h 49' 47"

+ 00' 00"

2

Polaris

1h 39' 11"

+ 04' 11"

2

Yamaha

64h 49' 40"

+ 59' 53"

3

Yamaha

1h 42' 13"

+ 07' 13"

3

Yamaha

70h 07' 25"

+ 6h 17' 38"

Cars

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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

Iveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicle Corporation, originally an alliance of European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat , Unic and Magirus. Iveco is now an Italian truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin...

5h 23' 06"

+ 11' 04"

2

Kamaz

44h 39' 11"

+ 30' 31"

3

Kamaz

5h 25' 06"

+ 13' 04"

3

Kamaz

47h 07' 23"

+ 2h 58' 43"

12

1

Kamaz

2h 45' 34"

+ 00' 00"

1

Kamaz

46h 54' 14"

+ 00' 00"

2

Kamaz

2h 46' 22"

+ 00' 48"

2

Kamaz

47h 25' 33"

+ 31' 19"

3

Iveco

2h 50' 03"

+ 04' 29"

3

Kamaz

50h 09' 59"

+ 3h 15' 45"

13

1

Kamaz

1h 33' 25"

+ 00' 00"

1

Kamaz

48h 28' 54"

+ 00' 00"

2

Kamaz

1h 34' 40"

+ 01' 15"

2

Kamaz

48h 58' 58"

+ 30' 04"

3

MAN

1h 35' 27"

+ 02' 02"

3

Kamaz

51h 49' 11"

+ 3h 20' 17"

Motorcycles

KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...

, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle company, one of the seven marques owned by Piaggio, the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer.Aprilia started as a scooter manufacturer, but has more recently come to be known for its race-winning sportbikes...

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

56h 17' 10"

+ 4h 52' 10"

10

021

KTM

57h 38' 41"

+ 6h 13' 41"

All-terrain vehicle (Quad)

, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

Polaris Industries is a manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATV, and neighborhood electric vehicles. Polaris is based in Medina, Minnesota, USA. The company also manufactures motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary and through the Indian Motorcycle subsidiary which it purchased in April...

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

Can-Am is a motorcycle producing subsidiary of the Bombardier Recreational Products, a Canadian corporation.In 1973, under the direction and leadership of an American Engineer named Gary Robinson and former motocross World Champion, Jeff Smith working with a team of California desert racers,...

89h 01' 41"

+ 25h 11' 54"

9

259

Yamaha

89h 05' 03"

+ 25h 15' 16"

10

267

Can-Am

99h 44' 48"

+ 35h 55' 01"

Cars

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

, usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....

The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...

Iveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicle Corporation, originally an alliance of European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat , Unic and Magirus. Iveco is now an Italian truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin...

Deaths

A total of four people were killed in Dakar-related incidents during the rally. A 28-year-old female spectator was killed when a competitor lost control of his vehicle in the first stage, while two mechanics were killed in separate electrical incidents and a driver lost his life in a collision with a rally competitor following the tenth stage.